Venue details
Thumpin' Tum
Status: Closed
Type: Discotheque
Location: 50 Little LaTrobe Street Melbourne Comments: also known as The Tum, The Thumping Tum, Thumpin' Tum, The Thumpin' Tum. Notes: nickname given to itself in mid 1970 was 'Heavy Quarters' - perhaps as a link to the 'heavy' bands and music played there - AG 130316. Article: Go-Set March 23, 1966. p 7. Title: Around the World. Author: Tony Healey. - Ken Moate named as part owner. Article: Mother Tum alive again. Go_Set June 12, 1971. p.21. Article states that Max the Bouncer was behind the June 1971 reopening of Tum. Notes: dry venue, though had occasional BYO and licensed nights (a few times a year maximum). - AG
Status: Closed
Type: Discotheque
Location: 50 Little LaTrobe Street Melbourne Comments: also known as The Tum, The Thumping Tum, Thumpin' Tum, The Thumpin' Tum. Notes: nickname given to itself in mid 1970 was 'Heavy Quarters' - perhaps as a link to the 'heavy' bands and music played there - AG 130316. Article: Go-Set March 23, 1966. p 7. Title: Around the World. Author: Tony Healey. - Ken Moate named as part owner. Article: Mother Tum alive again. Go_Set June 12, 1971. p.21. Article states that Max the Bouncer was behind the June 1971 reopening of Tum. Notes: dry venue, though had occasional BYO and licensed nights (a few times a year maximum). - AG
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Recent Tugging
13 years ago: The gig Allan Lee's Vitamin E Capsule @ Polaris Inn Hotel on Thursday, May 17 1973 was added.
13 years ago: The gig The Gathering and others @ Colosseum on Saturday, Mar 7 was edited.
13 years ago: The gig A.E.I.O.U. @ Warehouse Rock on Friday, Apr 3 was added.
13 years ago: The gig Jimmy Cook Syndicate @ Rendevous Lounge on Wednesday, Feb 17 1971 was added.
13 years ago: The gig Bobby James Syndicate, The Dingoes @ Matthew Flinders Hotel on Saturday, Jun 9 1973 was edited.
12 years, 8 months ago: The gig Autumn @ Southern Aurora Hotel on Saturday, Jan 22 1972 was added.