A top DJ behind one of Glasgow’s most famous club nights has died aged 57, just three months after sharing he had been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour .

Keith McIvor, better known as acclaimed DJ and producer JD Twitch, was one half of the duo behind Optimo (Espacio). Keith was admitted to The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow in early August.

On Saturday morning (September 20), Optimo co-founder Jonnie Wilkes, aka JG Wilkes, announced Keith had passed away on Friday afternoon. He said: “It’s with immense sadness that I’m writing to tell you Keith passed away peacefully yesterday at 2.06pm at The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow.

"In a 28 year partnership he changed my life immeasurably and together we took our work in directions and to places

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