On a Monday night in Nashville , a live band’s belting out “Sweet Child O’ Mine” at Jon Bon Jovi ’s Nashville, while one block down, you’ll be hard-pressed to hear yourself speak on the raging roof of Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk. “They keep their windows wide open so all of Broadway hears them,” gripes a neighboring bartender.

Nearby, down a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it stairwell, lies Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre ’s elusive new rum joint, The Spot By Dre and Snoop, while up at Justin Timberlake’s The Twelve Thirty Club, immaculately dressed wait staff swiftly sweep in to refold my napkin the second I head to the restroom.

On a Monday night in Nashville , a live band’s belting out “Sweet Child O’ Mine” at Jon Bon Jovi ’s Nashville, while one block down, you’ll be hard-pressed to hear

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