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
GIG MAP
Recent Tugging
8 years, 6 months ago: The gig Blackfeather, Indelible Murtceps, Sugar Foot, De Sade @ Q Club on Saturday, Jun 17 1972 was added.
8 years, 5 months ago: The gig Guest Band @ Mother Tum on Wednesday, Jul 28 1971 was added.
8 years, 11 months ago: The gig Headband @ Croxton Park Hotel on Wednesday, May 16 1973 was added.
6 years, 8 months ago: The gig Gas Group @ Piccolo on Saturday, Mar 19 1966 was added.
8 years, 11 months ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Coloured Balls and others @ Melbourne Showgrounds on Saturday, Mar 10 1973 was added.
8 years, 11 months ago: The gig Big Push @ Easyrider Disco on Friday, Aug 10 1973 was added.