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STV News
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- STV News
Live music event to be held for Optimo's JD Twitch
A special music event is to be held in Glasgow to raise funds for Optimo's JD Twitch following his brain tumour diagnosis. Keith McIvor, one half of the legendary Glasgow clubbing duo, revealed he had been diagnosed with glioblastoma earlier this month. An update on Tuesday revealed that his condition has rapidly progressed, affecting his speech, mobility, and independence, and he now requires 24-hour nursing care. McIvor's wife, Marissa, created a fundraiser to help cover private residential nursing, additional support services, and essentials for ongoing palliative care. The GoFundMe has so far raised over £86,000. Queen's Park Arena has announced it will host an event on Sunday, July 20, in collaboration with Optimo Music, in an effort to add to the fundraiser. McIvor originally planned the event as a fundraiser for Glasgow NW Foodbank, but it will now also support his treatment, care, and family. The portion of proceeds initially intended for the food bank will still be donated as planned, as he had wished. Any additional donations will be split between causes close to the DJ's heart, including Glasgow NW Foodbank, the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights, Brainstrust, and Crete's Taki's dog shelter. Isa Gordon, Tony Morris, Semispecific Ensemble and GK Machine are among those taking part in the event. Chet Capkiner, director of Inhouse CIC at Queens Park Arena, said: 'Optimo has been our spiritual home for so many of us for decades. 'Keith's presence and influence changed many lives – including mine. This is a chance for us to return that care and energy, and to support him and his family when it matters most. A true musical mentor and inspiration to us all' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Glasgow Times
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Free cult cinema and live gigs at Queen's Park Arena
Queen's Park Arena's 2025 Summer Programme will run from July 3 to August 3 and will feature more than 90 events, including cinema screenings, live music, creative arts, early years activities, and sports. Most events will be free or donation-based. The much-loved Cults & Classics cinema strand will return with 31 open-air screenings, including 15 family matinees, four 12+ evening shows, and 12 cult favourites and blockbusters for adults. Read more: Body found in Loch Lomond in search for 83-year-old man Govan collector auctions Messi, Maradona memorabilia for charity Big Fun will offer 15 early years sessions, two kids' discos, and a variety of creative activities such as dance, storytelling, and music. Open Stage will feature 15 free creative arts workshops and two flagship events: the Glasgow Choir Festival and theneo, both celebrating grassroots music and movement. Tickets are available now at Chet Capkiner, founding director of Inhouse Event Solutions CIC, said: "This summer, we're building on everything our audiences love from cult cinema and creative workshops to live music and grassroots culture. "We're especially proud that most of our events remain completely free or donation-based, ensuring the programme is accessible to as many people as possible. "I'm also very excited to bring back larger scale live music gigs to the arena this year for the first time since 2017, I can't wait to welcome everyone back this year." The Glasgow Games returns with 15 free fitness classes for families and two major live sports screenings. The expanded programme also includes more ticketed events, with QPA Live presenting music and comedy shows across key weekends. Promoter 432 will launch the opening weekend with The Smyths, Arab Strap, and Warmduscher. Yard Act and Gerdie Greep will perform on July 18 and 19. The programme will close with the Sub Club Southside Weekender, featuring headliners Moodyman and Derek Carter.
CTV News
28-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
New Westminster to remove U.S. flag from Queen's Park Arena
The U.S. flag will soon be removed from Queen's Park Arena in New Westminster. The American flag has hung inside New Westminster's Queen's Park Arena for decades. It is a permanent fixture that sits alongside historic championship banners from glory days past, and a vintage scoreboard that, this week, New Westminster city council has voted to take it down. The decision came after a councillor was put off by a moment during the anthems at a recent youth hockey tournament. 'It just struck me as almost inappropriate that the kids were having to look up [during the anthem] when their country is being told it's a 51st state,' city councillor Daniel Fontaine told CTV News on Tuesday outside the arena. 'It isn't even a real country and the kids are singing O Canada, and they're singing it to an American flag, and I just thought, the timing has come for us to remove a very old tradition.' The flag will be replaced by a City of New Westminster flag. Fontaine notes American teams rarely come to the civic arena these days, and a U.S. flag could be used on a temporary basis when needed. 'For me, it was more about our arena, our community, our civic facility, than it was necessarily about what other facilities are doing,' Fontaine said. 'If they choose to keep an American flag up, I'm not here to judge them.' As for when the flag is coming down, no exact date has been set as of yet. Staff will remove it quietly in the coming weeks in what Fontaine describes as a 'Canadian way,' with little fanfare.
