a demand for 1980s music brought wills back to europe. some of the uk venues wills has appeared on, or at, were "top of the pops" (october 11, 1979), "pebble mill", "soul train" (october 30, 1971 [season 1, episode 5] where she performed the song "sweetback"), "later... with jools holland", ronnie scott's, "never mind the buzzcocks" (february 17, 2003 [season 12, episode 7]) and a residency at joogleberry playhouse in brighton. here she was backed on occasion by brighton based pianist tom phelan and jazz guitarist shane hill.