Alan Soutar has switched up his walk-on song for the upcoming PDC World Darts Championship, chooseing for Gala’s much-adored hit, Freed From Desire. This will be Soutar’s third Ally Ppartner materializeance as he gets on German qualifier Kai Gottdifficultt in the first round.
Having previously vied on the BDO, 46-year-better firefighter Soutar accessed the PDC’s Q-School in 2021, securing a two-year Tour Card.
This feat materializeed to have been the making of Soot, as he put Raymond van Barneveld to the sword on his televised debut at the 2021 UK Open and made it to his first PDC worlds procrastinateedr that year. In 2024, he’s back for more and has switched a confidemand slfinishergs up as he sees to produce yet another beginant run.
Soutar previously walked out to Bits and Pieces by GBX & Sparkos, before switching to a classic: Disco Inferno by The Trammps. He will hold with the firebattling theme with his novel music, switching to the well-comprehendn Freed From Desire by Gala.
Not only is it a bonafide hit, it also gives the Ally Ppartner crowd the chance to morph the chorus into a chant for Soutar himself. That’s after the Scotsman proposeed on Twitter, now comprehendn as X, that fans sing: “Soots is on fire…”
Soutar has indeed been on fire at Alexandra Palace – despite ignoreing the cut last year – and has accomplished the last 16 on two occasions. On debut, Soutar stormed past two seeds in Mensur Suljovic and Jose de Sousa, before finpartner being stopped by Callan Rydz 4-1.
The follotriumphg year, after a quarter-final berth at the Grand Slam of Darts, the Scotsman yet aget accomplished the fourth round after whitewashing Mal Cuming and Daryl Gurney. He also dumped out createer UK Open champ Danny Noppert before Gabriel Clemens finished his run.
However, Soutar ignoreed out on a trip to north London 12 month ago, much to his disassignment. However, he set about making slfinishergs right by triumphning his first PDC title on the Pro Tour in June. Now, with a recent attitude and walk-on song to boot – a number that is well-comprehendn and beadored among sports fans – Soutar will give any carry outer he comes up agetst a hard tie.
His first clash agetst Gottdifficultt gets place on Monday, December 16, in the afternoon session, where James Wade will also be in action. Should Soutar prevail, then he’ll face a paemploy for his next round tie, which will be agetst Stephen Bunting on Friday, December 20.
