25 Fans Hurt in Stampede at Concert : Music: They were injured when they rushed the stage during a show at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion by English singer Morrissey.

About 25 concert-goers were injured late Friday at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion when fans rushed the stage where English pop singer Morrissey was performing.

As part of the crowd of 12,000 surged forward, people were trampled and pinned against the stage, officials said.

Los Angeles Fire Department officials at the scene described the injuries as “moderate to minor” and included bruised ribs, scrapes and possible broken arms. Some victims were on stretchers and others were wearing slings as they were taken from the scene.

Ambulances transported victims to five area hospitals including UCLA Medical Center, St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, and Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, according to fire department officials. Others were treated on a football field near the pavilion.

The incident, at a concert after the school’s annual homecoming parade, occurred shortly before 10 p.m., early in Morrissey’s performance, when the singer told the fans they could get up.

Josh Di Donato, 21, a UCLA art major, said the problem started when Morrissey, a punk-influenced cult figure, told the crowd: “You know we’re all full-grown adults, you don’t have to stay in your seats.”

Another concert-goer Adam Gossett, 19, of North Hollywood said: “Everyone took it as: He wants us to rush the stage! People were like all running down toward the front. They came from the balconies, just rushing down.”

After some fans climbed the stage and began hugging the singer, Morrissey was pulled away. “Then people were just screaming,” Gossett said. “Everyone went nuts.”

“A few fights broke out,” he said.

Di Donato said the crowd “was really into this guy. About half the crowd were very young, 12 to 16.”

University police and security officers convinced the crowd to move back and restored order. But an hour later they shut down the concert, and the angry crowd poured out of the pavilion shortly after 11 p.m.

“$28.75 for four songs doesn’t cut it,” Gossett said.

“My concerts have always been expressly violent affairs,” he told the New York Times this year after a performance at Madison Square Gardens.

Two other disturbances have hit Westwood this year. More than 500 youths rampaged through the trendy village in May after UCLA’s 50th annual Mardi Gras. Ten people were arrested in the melee as store windows were smashed and shops were looted.

In March, young people went on a window-smashing spree after being denied entrance to a movie.