The guy who wrote, "Hope I die before I get old," didn't.

Peter Townshend is 44, downright elderly by his 1966 definition. But if it's any consolation – and, clearly, it is – he's probably going to die rich.

Helping see to that were roughly 65,000 slightly soggy souls who paid $23 each to watch Townshend and the rest of the legendary rock group The Who at Cleveland Stadium Wednesday night.

The on-again, off-again showers stayed away at the outset as the band kicked off with a medley from its rock opera Tommy. Fans, on their feet, greeted the band with thundering chants of "Whooooo."

The masses descended upon the big bandstand by the lake for The Who's, ahem, "final tour."

Better make that Final Tour II, the Sequel. You may recall that 38,000 area residents rushed to the Richfield Coliseum on two nights in 1982 for what was billed as The Who's last hurrah. But the