Editing Nick McCarthy (section)

==Life==
McCarthy was born in Blackpool, England. He grew up in [[Vagen, Germany|Vagen]] near [[Munich]], [[Bavaria]], Germany. The artist Anna McCarthy is his younger sister.<ref>{{Cite web |last=deutschlandfunkkultur.de |title=Der Rebell als Antiheld |url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/der-rebell-als-antiheld-100.html |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Deutschlandfunk Kultur |date=26 June 2012 |language=de}}</ref> As a teenager he stole a car with friends and since then has been nicknamed "McCarThief".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick McCarthy |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1643080/bio |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=IMDb}}</ref> He graduated from High School in [[Bad Aibling]] and was trained classically as a [[piano|pianist]] and [[double bass]]ist at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Theater München|Munich Conservatory]].<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/nick-mccarthy-helps-to-devise-an-original-take-on-the-tempest-2343717.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/nick-mccarthy-helps-to-devise-an-original-take-on-the-tempest-2343717.html |archive-date=20 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Nick McCarthy helps to devise an original take on The Tempest.| work=[[The Independent]] |first=Chris |last=Mugan |date=26 August 2011|access-date=1 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick McCarthy |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1643080/bio |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=IMDb}}</ref>

On 2 July 2005, McCarthy [[marriage|married]] his Austrian [[engagement|fiancée]] Manuela Gernedel in Bavaria, Germany. Franz Ferdinand turned down a [[Live 8]] spot so that the pair could marry. They have two children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick McCarthy |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1643080/bio |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=IMDb}}</ref>