FUMING fans were left complaining after Raymond van Barneveld’s World Darts Championship walk-on was “massacred” in an embarrassing blunder.
The Dutch maestro stepped out at Ally Pally on Saturday for his Round 2 clash against Nick Kenny, who secured a famous 3-1 victory over the five-time winner.
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The lights were dimmed low as Barney prepared to make his famous walkout.
Each darts star chooses a special song to come out to.
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And Van Barneveld has arguably the greatest sports song of them all.
The former world champ always walks out to ‘Eye of the Tiger’ by Survivor.
It is better known as the theme tune to hit Sylvester Stallone move ‘Rocky’.
And Van Barneveld’s jingle gets the crowd fired up like no other.
However, things did not go to plan in north London as he made his entrance.
Indeed, ‘Eye of the Tiger’ did start playing.
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But as Barney walked through the crowd to greet the adoring masses, the song abruptly stopped.
There was silence for several seconds as the audience reacted with confusion.
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And instead of ‘Eye of the Tiger’ resuming, a completely different song started playing.
The unrecognisable tune failed to knock Van Barneveld off his stride though.
The Dutchman made his way onto the stage while interacting with the fired-up crowd.
But many at home were left complaining that his stage entrance had been ruined by the musical gaffe.
One fan said: “Look how they massacred my boy.”
Another declared: “How you do mess up walk-on music, especially that of Raymond van Barneveld of all people.”
One noted: “They just completely ruined Van Barneveld’s walk on… I want to file a complaint.”
Another added: “What the hell has Van Barneveld just come out to?”
The cock-up came after fellow darts ace Romeo Grbavac apologised to Van Barneveled for also walking out to ‘Eye of the Tiger’ at the WDC.
Responding to a message from Barney saying “Erm..”, Grbavac said: “Hello Barney.
“This song wasn’t my choice and I don’t know why they played it.”
Barney accepted the apology and laughed off the incident, responding: “OK all is forgiven pal.”