Teenage girl off to Download Festival after appeal goes viral

A teenage girl who was told by her father she would only be allowed to go to Download Festival if a Facebook post achieved 10,000 'likes' has spoken of her shock after her appeal to the public went viral.

Becky Rimmington-Jones begged her father to go to the festival, asking him if she could go if a Facebook post racked up more than 250 likes.

But Becky's father responded, saying he would only let her go if 10,000 people 'liked' her Facebook post.

Becky posted the text message conversation with her father on Facebook, which was liked by 27,000 people. Credit: Becky Rimmington-Jones

"Try it. If it goes viral you win, if not you lose", he said in a text message.

Becky posted a screenshot of the text message conversation with her father on Facebook, saying: "I will cry if this even gets more than 100 (likes). I've been wanting to go to download for so long".

To her surprise, it did go viral - with more than 27,000 people 'liking' the post.

The 14-year-old, from Hereford, told ITV News: