HONOLULU -- Michael Jackson's Hawaii concert in 1997 was one of the biggest shows ever performed in the islands.

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Concert Promoter Tom Moffatt said bringing Jackson to Hawaii was the biggest job he ever handled.

"Just the fact that he sold out two Aloha Stadium concerts, nobody's ever done that," Moffatt said.

More than 60,000 people packed into Aloha Stadium those two nights with long lines of fans standing in the rain to see what Moffatt called one of the best shows ever staged in the islands.

Wherever Jackson went while in the islands he created frenzy, including at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki, where he stayed for four nights.

Lani Bjork is the head of hotel security and had convinced Jackson's security director to forgo the barricades the star normally requested.

"It was really the first time he'd come into a hotel at the front of the house and not in the bowels of the tower, and his security director was pretty impressed that he was so happy," Bjork said.

"He said to me, 'Are you Lani? I said, 'I am.' He said, 'I am so thrilled. I want to come back to Hawaii. The way you brought me into your hotel was just exciting,'" Bjork said.

Lora Gallagher recalled trying to keep the crowds controlled while being star-struck.

"We were asked to be human fences and kept people back and it was crazy. It was fun, but it was crazy," Gallagher said.

Jackson spent most of his time in his hotel suite on the 14th floor. Fans camped out underneath his room day and night.

"He came out on the lanai and waved," Bjork said. "You could hear that wave of 'Michael! Michael!' throughout the evening."

Moffatt compared Jackson's death to the death of Elvis and said the music world has lost an icon.

"I think because of his ex-father-in-law known as the King of Rock and Roll Elvis, Michael wanted to be the King of Pop, and he certainly was," Moffatt said.

Moffatt said he had just been talking with Jackson's concert promoter in London about possibly bringing him back to Hawaii for a performance, especially if he was going to be touring through Asia. Jackson had made it clear through several people years ago that he loved Hawaii and wanted to come back, Moffatt said.