"I don't know anything about her," Oborn said. Yet when his granddaughter told him to get tickets to Stadium of Fire, which the tween superstar is headlining, he went down and got wristband No. 654. And thanks to the luck of the draw, he was the first person to buy tickets to the show.

Tickets to Provo's annual July Fourth extravaganza went on sale Friday, and those who got wristbands - and quite a few who didn't - snaked almost around two sides of Brigham Young University's Marriott Center to buy the coveted tickets. Others went online to try to get them off the Internet.

Cyrus will be joined in the show by the Blue Man Group, with talk-show host Glenn Beck serving as emcee for a second year.

Brad Pelo, the show's senior executive producer, said the online tickets were sold out in 10 minutes. Not unheard of for a Miley Cyrus concert. However, Pelo said he made it a point in negotiations with the star's management that a block of tickets - a number Pelo would not disclose - had to be available at the Marriott Center ticket office for local residents. By 7 p.m., there were only 1,000 of the worst seats - obstructed views of the stage - left for the diehards, who snatched them up.

"We are officially sold out," Pelo said. "This is by far the fastest sell-out." He said 304 out of the 1,000 issued wristbands were able to buy tickets at the window, and most bought 25 - the maximum - to see Cyrus.

But Cassi Savage wasn't buying to see the 15-year-old singer.

"I'm excited about Glenn Beck, not Miley Cyrus," Savage said after buying 25 tickets for a family reunion.

There were a few people who were unhappy with the situation, especially those at the end of the line.

"They need to give it to the locals first," said Terrie Hanley of Provo. "This has gone from being a local celebration to a national event," and the local residents are being cheated, she said.

dmeyers@sltrib.com