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Montclair police closed down and evacuated the Wellmont Theatre Thursday night after a rave party went awry, with authorities arresting concert-goers to stem the drunken mayhem.

STAFF PHOTO BY ADAM ANIK

Emergency personnel escort two women out of the Wellmont Theatre as the venue was evacuated. At least one was injured and several people were Maced and arrested at the scene, according to a Wellmont Theatre employee. Authorities shut down the sold-out Barstool Blackout Tour show about 9 p.m. Thursday night. Police closed Bloomfield Avenue from Fullerton Road to Willow Street as mutual aid police officers drove the crowd of scantily clad concert goers out of the area.

STAFF PHOTO BY ADAM ANIK

Police from several jurisdictions block traffic on westbound Bloomfield Avenue at Willow Street after the Wellmont Theatre was evacuated and the venue was closed.

Several thousand concert goers arrived to see the sold-out Barstool Blackout Tour, and fights broke out as youths tried to move inside for the event, with disturbances erupting inside the venue, as well, according to several witnesses.

The show was slated to begin at 8 p.m., but roughly an hour later Wellmont security guards announced that there were too many people in the venue, it was being shut down, and they had to leave.

The Montclair Police Fire Department closed Bloomfield Avenue from Fullerton Avenue to Willow Street and concert-goers were evacuated from the theater. Police began arresting youths.

Six people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, and 19 people were taken from the scene and hospitalized, according to Montclair Police Lt. Emil Dul.

"People were out of control," Dul, who had been at the scene, told The Montclair Times.

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Montclair Wellmont Theatre rave concert ends in mayhem, arrests