Out comes 'The Asp' to the greatest walk-on song ever.
The Killers 'Mr Brightside' will get the fans going if that previous match did not.
If he wants to keep this song playing all the way to the final, he needs to beat the world number one.
Voltage shows he has the spark to upset the odds in Maddison Square Garden.
Needing double 18 for victory, he misses two darts at it.
van Gerwen is still a long way back and Cross knows he will have another chance.
Rob Cross hits the double to send the defending champion crashing out.
One thing the Dutchman will never do is give up without a fight.
He knows how important this match is to him and his crown.
MVG keeps the leg with the throw and hits his double to win the leg.
The pressure is piling on the defending champion.
As the leg goes with the throw, Rob Cross hits his double to move within one leg of victory.
This means that to stand any hope of progressing, MVG must win the next three legs on the spin.
We have a real game on our hands now.
van Gerwen manages to find some triple digit visits and gives himself some breathing space in the leg.
The Green Machine hits the double to move within one leg of Voltage.
Things are starting to go pear-shaped for the defending champion.
MVG has gone right off the boil and Voltage is taking full advantage.
He hits double top to move into a two leg lead.
Wow what a strange leg of darts.
MVG is left with double 3 and misses it twice before hitting the single.
Cross has the chance to win the leg but misses double 16 with two darts.
van Gerwen looks to go for single 1 and then the double but lands another in the single.
Cross hits double 16 to make it three legs on the bounce.
This is a great comeback from Rob Cross that has given Michael van Gerwen something to think about.
At two-nil he could be forgiven for thinking his form was too much for his opponent.
Voltage has amanged to start finding his doubles however.
It was important that Rob Cross broke back immediately in this game.
MVG still has a little inconsistency to his game and will hit a big score one visit, quickly followed by a low score.
Voltage takes advantage as he knocks out the double to break back.
Both players are hitting the high numbers straight away.
They are matching each others' throws but Cross is the first to a double but misses again.
After van Gerwen missed bull for a big outshot, he hits his double at the first time of asking to move into a two-nil lead as he wins the leg against the throw.
What a dramatic start to the match.
MVG hits the first maximum of the match and then Cross follows up with two 180s in two visits.
van Gerwen misses his double and presents a chance to Cross who also passes it up.
No messing around from MVG at his next visit as he hits double 16 with his first dart.
As both of the players head to the stage, it is one of the ties tonight that we have enjoyed recently in the Premier League.
MVG is looking to defend his crown, Voltage is looking to end that reign.
If both players are on their top game, this could be a thriller.
Here is a reminder of this evening's matches:
Michael van Gerwen vs Rob Cross
Luke Humphries vs Nathan Aspinall
Luke Littler vs Jeff Smith
Gerwyn Price vs Peter Wright
Luke Littler spent some of his £315,000 Premier League winnings on a new £250 computer console, writes ROB MAUL.
When you watch his mature performances on the oche, it is easy to forget that the Warrington kid is still only 17-years-old.
And like most teenagers, he loves nothing more than spending hours on his own playing video games.
Asked how he has splashed the Prem cash following his outstanding victory at the O2 Arena, Littler replied: “None of them went to Fifa points.
“But I did buy a Nintendo Switch, which I have brought away with me to have a bit of fun.
“Usually we are sat in the hotel rooms waiting for the next day to play.
“We did some sightseeing this week. I came back, chilled out and played on the Switch.”
Michael Van Gerwen hopes the PDC switches the World Championship from Alexandra Palace to Saudi Arabia.
Holland's three-time world champion told The Daily Mail: “[It] will be great, I think.
“They wanna make sports big in that country. You saw the big boxing marches there, the football there…
“For me, I don’t mind where I play. I will be competing, and that’s how it is.”
The first two quarter-finals in the US Darts Masters look real crackers.
Top seed Michael van Gerwen faces Rob Cross in the Madison Square Garden opener.
Then world champ Luke Humphries, seeded just fourth, takes on fellow English star Nathan Aspinall.
No2 seed Luke Littler beat Humphries in last week's high-class Premier League darts final.
And the Nuke, 17, will take on the only non-Prem quarter-finalist.
He meets last year's finalist Jeff Smith - as the American stunned 2022 US Masters champ Michael Smith 6-1 in round one.
Third seed Gerwyn Price closes the last-eight clashes against Peter Wright, who finished eighth and bottom in the Prem table.
Wright admitted his relief at scraping past Alex Spellman 6-5 yesterday.
Luke Humphries fancies adding two relegation places to Premier League Darts.
The world champ was runner-up to Luke Littler in last week's final.
Humphries told SportsBoom: “It’s my first year so I can’t sit here and say I don’t like it because I can’t really have that opinion yet.
“I actually had a good suggestion that maybe they could do a league format where everyone plays each other once for the ten players.
“So, nine games we play each other once, then two get relegated and then go to the league mini-tournament format back to what we’re doing now.
“It could work like the FedEx Cup, you’d have the first phase with ten players, and then start again with the different format for phase two, with the person who won topped the table starting on eight points, and so on, if you finish top you see the rewards.”
Luke Humphries reckons tonight's last-eight clash with Nathan Aspinall at Madison Square Garden should continue his special week.
Cool Hand Luke said: “I’m expecting a tough game as I always expect from Nathan.
"He’s one of the best players in the world, and if we’re both at our best it will be a fantastic game."
Having proposed to long-term partner Kayley in New York earlier this week, Humphries must now switch from romantic to ruthless.
He added: "This is always going to be a special time for me, regardless of what happens.
"But I’m here to win a tournament now. That would top off what’s been a great week.”
Luke Humphries reckons he was "rusty" and "nervous" as he set up what could be the pick of tonight's quarter-finals in the US Masters.
The world champ and last week's Premier League Darts runner-up faces Nathan Aspinall after beating Canadian David Cameron 6-0.
Humphries, who averaged 95.94, said: “I'm really happy with that but I felt a little bit nervous because I just wanted to put on a show and entertain the crowd.
"I felt a little rusty but most of the legs I won were in under 15 darts, it was just the second leg that let me down (24 darts).
"But it doesn't really matter, I just needed to get through to that next round."
Rob Cross hopes memories of a dreadful low in New York last year can inspire him to highs against the same opponent tonight.
Cross collapsed against Michael van Gerwen in the US Masters 12 months ago.
And with an exciting quarter-final looming between the two well-established rivals, Cross vividly recalls his trouble in 2023.
He said: "I think I was 6-4 and couldn't find a leg. It's the story of my life sometimes against that man. It would be nice to get one back."
Rob Cross kept his promise to remain clinical as he breezed past Adam Sevada 6-1 despite having a broken foot - to set up a mouthwatering quarter-final with Michael van Gerwen.
Ahead of tonight's clash with his 2023 US Masters conqueror, Cross said: "I didn't know a lot about Adam coming into the weekend. But I heard he's a fantastic player and averages 100 on the floor and credit to him if he's doing that.
"He's a top quality player. I think for us as the professionals who do it week in, week out, you have to be clinical. If you don't, you get bit for one dart no mind three."
"Darts are a little bit easy, not so easy on my foot at the minute. But apart from that, everything is good."
Nathan Aspinall revealed his emotional extremes after setting up a US Darts Masters quarter-finals with Luke Humphries.
After beating Stowe Buntz 6-2, The Asp said: "I wouldn't say it's relief like I'm desperate. But it's nice to get that winning feeling back.
"When I've been playing darts recently, it's been heartbreak as opposed to a buzzing feeling.
"I really enjoyed that game, I enjoyed it last year. I loved the walk-on. It's just a fantastic crowd.
"If you can't go out there and put on a show with a smile on your face then don't play darts."
Aspinall added: "Stowe is a fantastic man, great darts player, lovely bloke. I tried to put on a show for the crowd. I was getting annoyed, I couldn't hit a 180. Last dart so many times."
Peter Wright admits he feared the worst as he edged out Alex Spellman 6-5.
Having struggled all season in Premier League Darts, Snakebite said: "I'm just happy winning the game and getting over the line to be honest.
"Just thrown a lot of games away in the last couple of months 6-4 or 6-5 so it's nice to get over the line.
"Hopefully I just forget what I've done the last couple of months and get on track and play like I can."
"You feel great in the practice room and before you come out. But obviously when you go up there and you're under pressure you go, 'oh, no, it's happening again, what are you doing?'
"All these stupid thoughts come into your head and you're thinking 'go away, just focus on the game'.
"It's just very difficult but hopefully I can change some things now."