One by Rod Stewart perhaps?
A Rod Stewart story since you mentioned him. A few years ago he did a tour that had an orchestra behind him. The contractor for the orchestra had carte blanche to hire whoever he wanted with a couple of provisions set by Rod. All the female members had to be 40 years old or less and all had to submit a head shot photo. You can easily figure out why. Needless to say the women were rather steamed by those requirements (as they should have). A lot of them who are very good players passed on the gig.