for the Who's place in rock history: The biggest ovations were for the oldest songs.

The opening acts, the B-52's and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, were as mismatched to the Who as Van Halen was to the Stones in last year's big T-Bowl concert.

Neither Jett ("I Love Rock 'n' Roll") nor the new wave B-52's were terrible. But the B-52's were booed off the stage after only 25 minutes. People in the front rows were bombarding them with wadded-up soft-drink cups.

"It's the first time I've ever seen a group booed off stage in concert, and I've been here since 1967," said regular concertgoer Mike Lyons, a disc jockey for rock station WDIZ-FM.

A big hit of the show was the video screen dangling from a crane and positioned above the stage. The fans screamed at closeups of Townshend's prancing feet and Daltrey's harmonica playing.

The crowd, overall more of a new generation than the Who generation, was well-behaved. Only 20 arrests were reported, on charges ranging from selling cocaine to fence-jumping. No major drug problems or accidents were reported.

"I've been real pleased with it, considering it's the Who, and some of the publicity about incidents at other [Who] concerts," said Orlando Police Department Capt. Dan Wilson, head of security for the concert.

The predominantly young audience — whose T-shirts spouted philosophy and bragged about concerts attended in the past — was admitted into the T-Bowl at 9:45 a.m. — two hours earlier than scheduled. They cheered wildly at the beginning and ending of each Who song, chanting "WHO! WHO! WHO! WHO!" People in the audience had signs saying, "We are Whoman beings" and "The Who is God."

Where do the Who go from here? Immediately, they go to Lexington, Ky., for a Monday concert. But Mason Buck, road manager for the tour, said the long-term future of the band is unclear. "Two of them want to tour and two don't," Buck said, the

GEORGE SKENE/SENTINEL Joan Jett of the Blackhearts . . . her group warmed crowd up for The Who.

negative two being Daltrey and Townshend, the stars.

"We'd like to go out on top. We'd like to do a movie like the Band's The Last Waltz," a rock-concert movie that earned good reviews.

If this is the end for the Who, the concert's fireworks finale sent them off in a blaze of glory.

Orlando Sentinel reporter Tom Scherberger contributed to this story.