Get Adrenalized With a Def Leppard Tribute

The Suffolk in Riverhead presents “Adrenalize: The Ultimate Def Leppard Experience” on Saturday, April 6, at 8 p.m.

Drawing its name from Def Leppard’s fifth studio album (which debuted at No. 1 on both the UK Albums Chart and the U.S. Billboard 200), “Adrenalize” recreates the chart-topping, chest-thumping anthems that made Def Leppard the iconic and dominant force in arena rock of the 1980s and beyond.

Audiences can expect to hear the hook-laden radio and MTV mega-hits like “Foolin’,” “Rock of Ages,” “Photograph,” “Hysteria,” “Rocket,” “Animal,” “Armageddon It,” “Love Bites,” and “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” along with deep cuts like “Wasted,” “High ’n’ Dry” and “Switch 625.”

Def Leppard, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, is one of the world’s best-selling music artists, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. The band also holds the honor of being the top UK hard rock touring act, grossing $514 million worth of tickets since July 1980. This places them as the highest UK rock band earner in the last 42 years ahead of Iron Maiden.

Few rock bands epitomized the spirit of the 1980s more than Def Leppard. Fusing the hard edge of heavy metal to a melodic pop sensibility, the British rockers dominated that decade with two classic albums — 1983’s “Pyromania” and 1987’s “Hysteria” — whose massive sales were fueled by the band’s near-constant presence on MTV.

See the road tested and accomplished stage performers of “Adrenalize: The Ultimate Def Leppard Experience” embody the swaggering, electrifying stage personae of the lads from Sheffield. Their undeniable intensity will leave you singing, fist pumping and screaming for more.

Tickets are $39 to $49 at thesuffolk.org. Suffolk Theater is at 118 East Main Street in Riverhead.