Is It Who or How? What’s the Issue?

Mayor Sophie Masloff was confused Thursday as to who is coming to town for a rock concert this summer.

Masloff, 71, who recently called the Grateful Dead the “Dreadful Dead” and the group’s fans “Deadenders,” asked Three Rivers Stadium officials about an upcoming concert by “The How.”

“Not The How, The Who,” said George Whitmer, the stadium authority’s chairman.

“The who?” Masloff asked.

“Yes,” Whitmer replied.

“Is there a Who group and a How group?” Masloff asked. “Somebody asked me the other day if The How was coming here.”

“What the hell is The How?” said state Sen. Eugene Scanlon, who, like Masloff, is an authority member.

“There isn’t a group called The How as far as I know,” said Gerald Baron of Spectacor Management, which runs the stadium.