{"id":530173,"date":"2025-10-27T01:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T01:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/530173\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T01:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T01:04:14","slug":"optimos-jd-twitch-to-be-celebrated-in-heartfelt-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/530173\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimo&#8217;s JD Twitch to be celebrated in heartfelt ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Friends and loved ones of Keith McIvor, aka JD Twitch, will come together to remember the <a href=\"https:\/\/optimomusic.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Optimo<\/a> disc jockey at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stlukesglasgow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">St Luke\u2019s<\/a> in Calton.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQRsTleCLwA\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In an Instagram post,<\/a> the team behind Optimo, which includes McIvor&#8217;s longtime creative partner Jonnie Wilkes, announced plans for the invite-only memorial\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They said: \u201cKeith\u2019s memorial will be an invite-only gathering to remember and celebrate his life. For invited guests \u2014 please check your email (including junk mail) for details and RSVP using your access code\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cHe touched so many lives that it&#8217;s simply not possible to make this an open event for everyone who loved him.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, members of the public are invited to attend a live stream of the memorial at the Winged Ox next door.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The post said: \u201cWe&#8217;re so sorry if anyone has been missed &#8211; this has been a huge task in a short space of time while we&#8217;re still managing our own grief, and we&#8217;ve likely missed some people we meant to include.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe hope this option gives everyone who wants to be there a chance to join. Please book to avoid disappointment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Read more:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cKeith was never one for nostalgia for its own sake,\u201d the post continued. \u201cAfter remembering and saying goodbye, take a moment to look forward and think about how we can carry on his legacy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cConnect with your community, support those who need it, be kind, support your local record shop, support outsider artists, and keep it weird.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tickets to the public aspect of the memorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickettailor.com\/events\/love2jdtwitch\/1914720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">can be booked here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friends and loved ones of Keith McIvor, aka JD Twitch, will come together to remember the Optimo disc&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-530173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115443444209900023","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}