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Altinex Names Grant Cossey VP of Sales

BREA, CA – Altinex named 15-year AV veteran Grant Cossey vice president, sales. He is based at the company’s corporate headquarters here. Prior to Altinex, Cossey served as the national sales manager for Presentation Switchers, Inc. Cossey has also worked as senior sales manager for Southland Technology, Inc. and as west coast business unit manager for Karcher Group, Inc., west coast regional manager for Analog Way, Inc., and regional manager for Anderson Audio Visual, Inc.

Korn Path of Totality tour

LD Jason Bullock Lights the Way for Korn’s “Path of Totality”

Jason Bullock, lighting and video designer for American metal band Korn, used a Martin lighting and video setup on the band’s Path of Totality tour that ran through November. The touring rig included 24 Martin MAC Aura wash lights and eight MAC III Profiles, which were operated in synch with Martin EC-20 and LC Series video panels. Upstaging Inc. was the gear provider.

Andrea Bocelli and the New York Philharmonic in Central Park, 2011

Andrea Bocelli in Central Park

Lighting designer Bob Barnhart has 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry under his belt, including 17 years as an LD working on the Academy Awards, the Grammy Awards, the Miss USA Pageant and with performances by musical artists ranging from Barbara Streisand to The Rolling Stones. He also has a theatre background, worked for Flying By Foy for seven years. But no matter how much experience one has accumulated, there is always something new to contend with, and in the case of the well-received Andrea Bocelli concert in Central Park this past September — captured on the new live DVD, Concerto: One Night In Central Park — the unknown factor was Mother Nature herself. “It’s the wind that really did us in,” Barnhart tells PLSN when discussing his design work on the event. The show still looked great, despite the rain during the first half of the show that had umbrellas popping up everywhere.

Katy Perry photo by Steve Jennings

Katy Perry: 2011 California Dreams Tour

Katy Perry’s 2011 tour, California Dreams, began its 123-show run in Europe in February, ending in the U.K. in April, with May spent in Japan and Australia. The summer North American leg of the tour included stops in 51 cities from June to September. The tour’s last scheduled date was at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Nov. 22. On Nov. 23 — the night before Thanksgiving — Perry marked the end of the tour with an additional performance, “Katy Perry Gives Thanks.” Admission to the show was free.