Greaves reveals “cringe” reason she ditched old walk-on song for Bitter Sweet Symphony

BEAU GREAVES says she wanted to “leave people in the past” when she decided to change her walk-on song.

The world No76 previously used ‘Rockin' All Over the World’ by Status Quo before settling on ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’.

Greaves, 22, revealed her sister was behind the idea after imagining the Doncaster star walking out to the Verve classic while listening to it on a TRAIN.

She told the Weekly Dartscast: “I felt like I wanted to change a little bit.

“I felt like I wanted to kind of leave people in the past and, like, moments, whatever, and move on to something just a bit different.

“It sounds a bit cringe, actually, but my sister texts me and said, why don't you have a Bitter Sweet Symphony as your walkout song?

“Because I'm listening to it on the train and imagining you walking out at the Matchplay. So, I was like, oh my God.

“So it's like 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 the ladies' darts and the WDF, and I loved it.

“But I just wanted something different. Yeah, tune at the start, I love that.

“I'm not the type to, like, G the crowd either, so I thought 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.

“So that was kind of the thought process behind it and why I chose it.”

The new tune has accompanied Greaves during a record-breaking year on the PDC circuit.

Beau ‘n’ Arrow became the first woman to win a ProTour title after beating Michael Smith 8-7 in the Players Championship 11 final.

Greaves then made more history at the Czech Darts Open by becoming the first woman to win a match on the European Tour.

She came from 3-1 down to beat Daryl Gurney 6-4 in the opening round in Prague.

Words: Aaron Nijjar

Image: Taylor Lanning