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Bob Dylan to release new album, "Tempest," on Sept. 11

By Camille Mann

July 17, 2012 / 1:36 PM EDT / CBS News

Bob Dylan performs onstage during the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards held on Jan. 12, 2012, in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/Getty Images

(CBS News) Bob Dylan is celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the release of his first album with the release of a new album - "Tempest," his record label announced Tuesday.

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The album, which features 10 new songs, will be released on Sept. 11, Columbia Records annouced. "Tempest" is the 35th studio set from Dylan.

The 71-year-old singer-songwriter's last album "Together Through Life" sold more than a million copies and debuted at No. 1 in the U.S. as well as in the U.K., according to Reuters.

Dylan was honored with one of the nation's highest civilian honores, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, earlier this year.