Fleetwood Mac kicked off their reunion tour with Christine McVie in Minnesota in front of 17,000 fans.

"This is a band that continues to evolve through good times and adversity. This is just, I guess, the latest chapter," Lindsey Buckingham reportedly told the crowd, referring to McVie's return as "a beautiful, profound, poetic new chapter."

"And it's a chapter that is going to go on for a while. A chapter that is going to yield much fruit. We are very, very excited."

The Pioneer Press reported that the band endured some opening night jitters during the early stages of the set but managed to settle down and get on with business as usual.

"Our songbird is back," Mick Fleetwood noted, while McVie offered her thanks to everyone in attendance, adding, "It's a dream come true, a chance you don't often get in life."