The Nightclub book shares untold stories from Heat nightclub

Sex in stairwells, George Clooney’s club hook-up and Molly Meldrum’s awkward encounter with NBA star Dennis Rodman — a new book shares raunchy stories from our city’s hottest club.

A tell-all book about the halcyon days of Melbourne nightclubs is set to lift the lid on the sex antics of the rich and famous including Hollywood superstar George Clooney, and a separate incident where a popular TV host and AFL ruckman were caught bonking in a Crown Casino stairwell.

The Nightclub, by former club kings Glen Coburn and Glenn Watterson, as told to true crime author John Kerr, follows their exploits through city hot spots including The Chevron, Saloon Bar, Underground, Carousel and Heat.

George Clooney was ‘smitten’ with a Heat nightclub employee.

Heat, at Crown, was a superstar playground visited by celebrities including Clooney, Billy Joel, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Rod Stewart, Tom Jones, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston,

Mariah Carey, Patrick Swayze, Kylie Minogue, Jean Claude Van Damme, Michael Schumacher, and many others.

According to Coburn, Clooney, visiting Melbourne to promote Batman And Robin, went missing in action after falling in lust with a Heat employee.

“Teresa was a beautiful Canadian girl who worked at Heat as a hostess. You could feel the

sparks when she and George met. George was smitten,” Coburn says in the book.

“He snuck out with Teresa on his arm and they stayed in his Crown suite for three days and nights. In that time, Teresa didn’t front for work and George skipped a few appointments and interviews.”

Natalie Imbruglia with former nightclub king Glen Coburn at Heat.

Before leaving town, Clooney invited Coburn to his suite for drinks, mainly “to eyeball the boss to ensure Teresa still had a job.”

Everyone was welcome at Heat, except, perhaps Chicago Bulls legend Dennis Rodman.

As Rodman walked into the club, following a wrestling gig, DJ Molly Meldrum abused him

over the microphone: ‘Dennis, you’re a f---ing (this) and f---ing” (that)’ and alleged

Rodman had not treated Molly’s friend Madonna very well.”

Poor Rodman would have been very confused by the welcome. Six years had passed since his two month fling with Madge.

Molly Meldrum with Nick Giannopoulos and Mark Philippoussis.

Later, during an awkward introduction, Coburn says “Rodman towered over Meldrum like a Great Dane over a chihuahua … Molly was too shell-shocked to react.”

Also blindsided were a prime time TV presenter and AFL ruckman caught having sex in a stairwell near the Crown rooftop by none other than the casino’s founder and former boss, Lloyd Williams.

“Lloyd was furious,” Coburn says in the book. “He told us the entire ‘sordid episode’ was on videotape. Of course, this story was immediately relayed to the actor and the footballer. The actor, who had a breakdown at the thought of the footage being leaked, left town and went off the scene for quite some time soon after that night.

“She now realises there was never was a tape,” Coburn says. “Lloyd’s rationale: to stop any

scandalous, illegal and potentially damaging activity on the rooftop.”

Security cameras were installed a week later.

Jamie Durie at Heat.

Elsewhere at Heat, some famous faces went unrecognised.

Actor and model Kate Fischer rolled into the club for a Grand Prix drivers’ party

accompanied Beatles icon and F1 enthusiast George Harrison.

Heat co-owner Darren ‘Razzle’ Thornburgh spotted Fischer across the room and immediately asked for a photo.

“Mate, could you get rid of the old bloke with Kate? I don’t want him ruining my

picture,” Thornburgh told Coburn’s brother, Brett, who he asked to take the happy snap.

“That’s George Harrison,” Brett told him.

“Who is George?”

“George Harrison.”

“Never heard of him.”

“George Harrison. The Beatles.”

Kylie Minogue with Darren Thorburgh.

The penny dropped. Fischer was relegated to the background, and Harrison promoted to the front row alongside his “new best mate” Razzle.

Coburn said Heat was the epitome of the high-flying 1990s.

In its heyday, the club would host up to 10,000 punters a week.

“Heat attracted every achiever and dreamer,” Coburn says in the book.

“Celebrities and stars mixed with business leaders, killers, public servants, crooks, tradespeople, queens, sporting giants, cops, hospital workers, drug dealers, models, high rollers, starlets, musos — a slice of real life.”

The Nightclub is in its final draft stages and being considered by three publication houses.