Beau Greaves explains ‘cringe’ reason behind changing walk-on song

Wait 5 sec.

Beau Greaves has revealed she wanted to ‘leave people the past’, prompting her to change her walk-on song.Up until July, fans had grown used the darts star heading up to the oche with ‘Rockin’ All Over the World’ by Status Quo blaring out on the speakers.Beau Greaves added to her 2023 and 2024 Women’s Matchplay titles in AugustHowever, at the Women’s World Matchplay earlier this summer, Greaves opted for a change to her pre-match routine.‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ ditched her previous entrance and replaced it with The Verve’s 1997 hit ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’.It certainly proved an inspired move, with Greaves tasting glory at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool for the third time in her career.She overcame another female superstar in Fallon Sherrock in the final, edging a thrilling final with a 6-5 last-leg victory.Greaves reveals walk-on inspirationGreaves has now revealed the reason behind the switch, as she explained her sister had come up with the idea.The World No.74’s sibling first suggested she adopt The Verve’s song after listening to the anthem on the train and imagining her walking out to it.Greaves told the Weekly Dartscast: “I felt like I wanted to change a little bit.“I wanted to leave people in the past and moments, whatever, and move on to something just a bit different.“It sounds a bit cringe, actually, but my sister texted me and said, ‘Why don’t you have a Bitter Sweet Symphony as your walk-out song?Because I’m listening to it on the train and imagining you walking out at the Matchplay’. Greaves revealed she was instantly sold on the idea, calling it the perfect time of year for the upbeat tune.Greaves made her second PDC World Championship appearance last year, but suffered a first-round exitGettySharing her response, she said: “I was like, ‘Oh my God’.“It’s summertime, isn’t it? So I put it on outside, I was like, ‘Tune at the start’ – love the tune at the start.“Obviously, I thought my old walk-on song had been the whole time, and [with the Matchplay being] the ladies’ darts and the WDF, and I loved it.”Greaves added: “I just wanted something different. [The] tune at the start, I love that.“I’m not the type to gee the crowd either, so I thought [if] I’m going to have a song that I want to walk into, I might as well just like it in general.“I do really like the song, so it wasn’t something I needed the crowd to really get involved in because I wouldn’t do that with a B song anyway.Greaves made her second PDC World Championship appearance last year, but suffered a first-round exit to Daryl GurneyGetty“So that was the thought process behind it and why I chose it.”Greaves’ memorable 2026The new walk-on song has come as Greaves nears the business end of a record-breaking year.She became the first woman to win a PDC ranking title after beating Michael Smith 8-7 in the Players Championship 11 final in April.That came after Greaves made history by being the first woman to hit a PDC ProTour nine-darter at Players Championship 6 in February,The arrows star recorded another first at the Czech Darts Open by becoming the first woman to win a match on the European Tour, overcoming Daryl Gurney in the first round in Prague.