He says: “Then I have another three months at home with the kids, because they grow up very quick and it’s those simple things like when they lose their first tooth, or walk for the first time, say their first word, first dance performance at school.
And the Spaniard, who has Mia, aged five, and Thiago, aged one, with Atkinson, says striking the right balance between work and family time is a major reason why he missed this year’s Strictly Come Dancing Live!
“So I’m going to be finishing up a show in the evening, getting on the plane, travelling to Spain, doing a show in Spain, coming back and doing the UK show the next day,” he says matter-of-factly.
And, amazingly, for the last few weeks of the tour Marquez, 34, will be doing shows in the UK and then flying to Spain, where he’s a judge on the Spanish Dancing with the Stars, and then immediately flying back to do his next UK tour date.
“It’s miles in the body, obviously, because you’ve done a show and then you have to drive two hours back, but it’s worth it because I get to wake up in the morning with Gemma and the kids, see them for a little bit, have a catch-up with them, take the kids to school and then go back to work.
