Shane Lynch
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Shane Lynch (right) on stage with Keith Duffy (centre) and Stephen Gately (left)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shane Eamon Mark Stephen Lynch |
| Born |
3 July 1976 Donaghmede, North-east Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Pop, rock, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Polydor Records |
| Associated acts | Boyzone |
Shane Lynch (born Shane Eamon Mark Stephen Lynch; 3 July 1976) is an Irish singer-songwriter, actor and professional drift driver, best known as a member of Boyzone. In recent years he has taken up auto racing, participated in reality shows, and appeared as a judge on The All Ireland Talent Show.
Born to Brendan and Noeleen Lynch, a mechanic and housewife, respectively and raised in Donaghmede, North-east Dublin, Lynch struggled with his education during his school years due to dyslexia, but excelled at sports and was a motor racing enthusiast, winning the Portuguese BMX Championship at fourteen. It was around this period he was expelled from school and began to work with his father as a mechanic.
In 1993, music manager Louis Walsh, who had managed Johnny Logan, held auditions in Dublin to find a new boyband to rival British group Take That. Lynch was among the hopefuls present, and was eventually selected. Before even recording any material, he and five other successful auditionees made their infamous appearance on RTÉ's The Late Late Show with Gay Byrne. Although their performance was criticised by the Irish press, the band became one of the most successful pop bands in Ireland.
Lynch quickly became the most distinctive member due to his body piercings, tattoos and violent outbursts which contrasted with the band's clean-cut image. In 1999, he attended the MTV Europe Music Awards with the band, wearing a tracksuit which clashed with his colleagues suits, and shocked the audience by announcing, "There's been a load of fucking shite about Boyzone, but we are not breaking up." (While Boyzone never officially disbanded, they failed to release a single after 1999, until they re-formed in 2007). Later that night, he was involved in a physical brawl with American rapper Puff Daddy. Two years later, at a live concert for Childline, Lynch turned to the camera and yelled: "Tabloid newspapers, you can kiss me fucking arse!"
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