Gerwyn Price is able to shock darts followers with one other new walk-on only a week into the Premier League.
The Iceman historically walks out to Vanilla Ice’s ‘Ice Ice Baby’ earlier than matches. But for the opening evening in Cardiff final week, he was serenaded by the basic Journey hit ‘Don’t Stop Believing’.
The former rugby professional went on to take pleasure in a powerful evening, beating Nathan Aspinall and Rob Cross earlier than dropping to Michael Smith within the last. Price skipped final weekend’s Masters in Milton Keynes for “family reasons” however he will probably be in Berlin for evening two of the Premier League.
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And there could possibly be one other new monitor for followers to get used to on the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Reflecting on his selection of walk-on tune in Cardiff, Price mentioned: “It was pretty decent, probably a bit flatter than what I thought. If I find something a little bit better, I’ll go with that.”
Price has beforehand combined up his walk-on tracks. During the 2022 Premier League, the 38-year-old briefly walked out to Katy Perry’s ‘Roar’.
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Explaining the choice on the time, Price mentioned: “I was just driving home with the family after we’d been out for a meal in Cardiff and ‘Roar’ came on.
“We were all singing along to it and I liked the beat of the music, so I thought ‘why not make the change?’ I listened to the lyrics and I think they suit me and my game, hopefully it can give me a good fresh start in the Premier League.”
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However, Perry was ditched after simply a few weeks as he reverted to ‘Ice Ice Baby’. Tonight, Price will face Smith once more, this time first up within the quarter-finals.
In the opposite matches, Nathan Aspinall faces Michael van Gerwen, Luke Littler goes up towards Cross in a repeat of their World Championship semi-final whereas Ally Pally champion Luke Humphries takes on Peter Wright.