Editing Nick McCarthy (section)

{{Short description|English-German musician (born 1974)}}
{{For|the rugby player|Nick McCarthy (rugby union)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Nick McCarthy
| background        = solo_singer
| image             = Franz Ferdinand (band) 2008.11.24 009.jpg
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = McCarthy performing in 2008 with Franz Ferdinand
| birth_name        = Nicholas John McCarthy
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1974|12|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Blackpool]], England
| origin            = [[Vagen, Germany]]
| instrument        = {{hlist|Guitar|piano|keyboard|synthesizer|bass|vocals|drums}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Indie rock]]|[[post-punk revival]]}}
| occupation        = Musician
| years_active      = 2001–present
| current_member_of = {{hlist|[[Box Codax]]|[[Das Lunsentrio (band)|Das Lunsentrio]]|The Nix|Nitsch}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]|[[FFS (band)|FFS]]|[[Embryo (band)|Embryo]]}}
}}
'''Nicholas John McCarthy''' (born 13 December 1974) is an English-German musician.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-08-27 |title=Nick McCarthy / Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/3BfZBNXKIWjV7AfxXsCc9M |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Spotify |language=en}}</ref> His main focus is on songwriting and song production. He is also a guitarist, singer and keyboard player. McCarthy was guitarist, vocalist, and keyboardist of the [[Glasgow]]-based band [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] until his departure in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-08-27 |title=Franz Ferdinand reveal the secrets of superstardom |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/aug/27/popandrock.franzferdinand |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>