Rock archaeologists take note of this gallery of 21 never before seen photographs of the Beatles and Rolling Stones:

The behind-the-scenes, intimate and unguarded shots, have been unearthed after spending 45 years in a duffel bag of The Beatles and Rolling Stone’s former tour manager.

The collection of more than 50 pictures, which are being revealed to the public for the first time are part of 3,500 taken by Bob Bonis, the US tour manager who helped organise the so-called British invasion of America in the Swinging Sixties.

Beatles and Rolling Stones photographs: New shots of John Lennon and Mick Jagger found