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
11 years, 10 months ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs and others @ Peppers on Saturday, Feb 5 1972 was edited.
12 years ago: The gig Virgo @ Hosies Hotel on Monday, Jan 17 1972 was added.
12 years, 3 months ago: The gig Co. Caine and others @ Sebastians on Friday, Jun 5 was added.
12 years, 1 month ago: The gig Wild Cherries and others @ Opus 71 on Saturday, May 22 1971 was added.
12 years, 3 months ago: The gig Chain @ Matthew Flinders Hotel on Thursday, Jun 21 1973 was added.
12 years, 2 months ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Phase 2 @ Powerhouse on Thursday, Aug 9 1973 was added.