Popular Scottish DJ and Producer Jamie Roy Dead at 33, Family Confirms: 'Absolutely Heartbroken'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jamie Roy.Photo: Jamie Roy/Instagram

Popular Scottish music producer and DJJamie Roy, who played for crowds in hotspots like Ibiza, has died, his family said Wednesday. He was 33.

Roy’s death was announced in a statement shared toFacebook, and no cause of death was given.

Roy was from Dumfries, Scotland, and made a name for himself in Glasgow’s club circuit, according to theBBC.

He regularly performed in Ibiza, the popular Spanish party destination. In the past year had reportedly played sets at Unum Festival in Albania, Glastonbury Festival in England and BPM Festival in Costa Rica.

Roy wrote onInstagramSaturday that he was heading back into the studio “next week after the most amazing summer.”

“Biggest track of my life is finally coming!” hewrote on Sept. 2. “With one of my heroes and one of my favourite people on earth. Collab announced coming soon made this in lockdown and everyone been asking for it.”

“There is nobody like THE Jamie Roy. One in 8 billion. Lit up any room he walked into,” Woolfordwrote on Twitter. “An incredible human. Hard to believe it’s true.Say it ain’t so…💔”

source: people.com