[7] Hugo has played many live-shows in both his home-countries, including a support-tour for The Overtones[8] and festivals like Palmesus 2012,[9] Welt Astra Tag, Reeperbahn-festival and Quart 09.

In Japan, Korean supergroup TVXQ released "Very Merry Xmas" on 27 November 2013, a song co-written by Tom and Chris Busek.

[citation needed] In summer 2013, Hugo co-wrote the B-side "Sunny Day Hero" taken from SHINee's gold-selling maxi-single "Boys Meet U".

[13] Together with Finnish songwriter Erik Nyholm, he wrote the single "Hard to Love You" performed by [Sebastian Wurth] which was released in 2011.

[14] In 2010, Meg Pfeiffer recorded "Love is Easy" co-written by Tom Hugo, Tebey and Sebastian Kirchner for her album Bullrider (#63 on German charts).

[citation needed] Hugo was until recently signed by Universal Music Publishing in Germany.