WHO / From 1B

Of the 10-ticket limit. One woman requested 30 tickets. She had to stand in line three times.

On a rack next to the cash register sat a copy of the group's newest album — It's Hard, which features the songs I've Known No War, It's Your Turn, Why Did I Fall for This and Cry if You Want. No one spent the extra $7.98.

Whalen — who has seen The Kids Are Alright and the other two Who movies and owns 23 of their albums — had waited through months of rumors and misinformation about the Florida appearance. Like scores of other eager ticket-buyers, he hadn't stopped to find out what day Nov. 27 will fall on. (It's a Saturday). The concert also offers two popular new groups: the B-52s and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.

BASS counters throughout Palm Beach, Dade, and Broward were the sites of orderly confusion Saturday morning. Customers at Specs Records and Tapes in the Palm Beach Mall had to take a number. A line circled around Peaches in Fort Lauderdale most of the morning and employees let in 10 customers at a time. In Miami, Laurie Roberts opened the Gusman Cultural Center box office, normally closed on weekends, because she anticipated the crowd of 50.

A BASS spokesman predicted the 60,000 seats would run out sometime today. Concerts in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and other cities have already sold out.

"It's crazy," Roberts said between serving Miami fans. "Everybody and his brother is out buying tickets."

That was true in Whalen's case. After a night outside Peaches, he was so sleepy he forgot to buy a ticket for his brother Chris, 19. They returned at 11:30 a.m., after the line had thinned, with another $16.75. Then they went to the beach to celebrate and begin the five-week countdown.