b. 1 December 1971, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Growing up and educated in Northern Ireland, Tughan moved to London in 1994 where he began to study acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. While there, his singing began to take on jazz elements, a trend that was aided by his encountering pianist Simon Colam, bass player Tom Herbert and drummer Chris Higginbottom. After graduation in 1997, Tughan secured engagements at several leading London venues, among them Ronnie Scott's club, the Pizza Express, 606 Club, Pizza On The Park, the Backstage Bar at the Spice of Life an...